“The city of Memphis worked tirelessly to get ordinances passed in Tyre’s name, so this bill hurts us deeply. Local Memphis leaders tried to speak with the state legislators pushing for this legislation, but they were brushed off –– as were we.
“This legislation was clearly targeted to take down the ordinances named after our son, and while we miss him dearly, this is about so much more than Tyre. There are many other Memphians that have experienced pretextual stops with police that ended with violence. Our goal was to create something in Memphis that could protect our community, but even after doing so, our success is fleeting.
“We wish that instead of this political sabotage, we could have come together to discuss what is working and what isn’t. Compromise could have happened, but we were never given the opportunity to try.”